Tag: Kamala Harris

As the fallout from Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s decision to warn illegal immigrants of an upcoming raid by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) stated she “100 percent” supports Schaaf’s actions. “I think Mayor Schaaf is doing exactly what’s in the best interest of her community, and I support that 100 percent,” Harris told reporters Friday. .@SenKamalaHarris on @LibbySchaaf decision to alert Oakland community of #ICE sweep – “I think Mayor Schaaf is doing exactly what’s in the best interest of her community, and I support…

Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.) was hit with a fact check on Friday after she attempted to criticize Republicans for a “private jet tax break” in the GOP’s latest tax reform bill. Harris tweeted out a story from Business Insider detailing one of the finer points in the Senate’s tax reform bill, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The story centers around a tax break the law provides to owners and operators of private jets. When Harris tweeted the story, she added: “Retweet if you would *not* benefit from a…

The Washington Post “Fact Checker” blog gave Senate Democrats “Four Pinocchios” on Thursday for falsely claiming the Republican tax reform plan would raise taxes on most middle-class families. “On average, middle class families earning less than $86,000 would see a tax increase under the Republican ‘tax reform’ plan,” Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) tweeted last week. That tweet has been deleted. Democratic Sens. Bob Casey (Pa.) and Jeff Merkley (Ore.) also tweeted that families nationwide earning up to $86,100 a year would see their taxes go up nearly $800 a…

One thing that highlights the brilliance of our Founding Fathers as they were putting together the Constitution was their understanding of human nature. As a result of this understanding, they realized that, in order for a people to be free and not oppressed by their government, it needed to have separated powers so that no one branch could take over the others. This is why we have three distinct branches of government, each with specific responsibilities. Most kids learn this in elementary school — or at least they used to…